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rebate.

A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹiːbeɪt/US/ɹəˈbeɪt/US
  1. A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.

  2. The return of part of an amount already paid.

  3. The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.

  4. A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.

  5. A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.

  6. An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.

  7. A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.

Where this word comes from

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

verb/ˈɹiːbeɪt/US/ɹəˈbeɪt/US
  1. To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment

    transitive
  2. To diminish or lessen something

    transitive
  3. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

  4. To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something

    transitive
  5. To abate; to withdraw.

  6. Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Old French rabatre < batre. See also abate.

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